What’s Hot This Halloween? Cocktails!

What’s Hot This Halloween? Cocktails!

Guest blog from our friends at Three Piece Bar

Yes, you heard us right, this Halloween why don’t you surprise your friends by making your drinks in the saucepan instead of the shaker?

When you’ve tried every blend of beetle juice or ghastly combinations of wolf’s blood, why don’t you try to mix it up with drinks that bubble and stew. Bring out your inner witch with your mum’s favourite cauldron and a few ingredients from the shop – I mean the swamp!

Spiced Pumpkin Margarita

35ml Tequila

20ml Pumpkin puree

20ml Organic apple juice

20ml Lime juice

10ml Monin spiced pumpkin

Pinch of cayenne pepper

Pinch of salt

50ml Water

Dehydrated orange wheel

Measure all the ingredients in a milk frother, making sure you start with the cheapest ingredient first (that way, if you mess up then you don’t waste precious tequila). Blend for one minute, or until you see the drink steaming.

Make sure to add the cayenne and salt last and taste regularly as the intensity increases quicker on the heat!

Careful when you pour. Serve in a balloon glass, brandy bowl or champagne saucer, so that the aroma really fills your nose as you drink it.

Witches Broth

50ml Dark rum

50ml Dark roast espresso

50ml Full fat milk

10ml Kahlua

10ml Frangelico

Sprinkle of edible shimmer

Add all the ingredients (except shimmer) to the pan and warm slowly on the lowest heat for 3-5 minutes. Add more to make multiple drinks at once.

Stir occasionally with your spoon, and stare at your guests in a creepy way while twitching your left eye.

Cackle as you serve into mugs and drop in some magic shimmer dust to finish off.

Scare Tactics

20ml Dry sherry

20ml Organic apple cider

10ml Lemon juice

100ml Jasmine tea

3 Angostura bitter drops

Generous squirt of agave nectar

Boil the tea and put it aside to cool slightly.

Add a few portions of the sherry, cider, lemon juice and bitters together in a large teapot (to make multiple cocktails at once) and then top with the jasmine tea. Squirt in the agave last and stir, as the hot tea helps it to melt and mix better.

Serve into tea cups, if you dare.

If you’re looking for talented mixologists to shake things up at your next event, head over to @threepiecebar to find out more about Alex and Dan’s mobile cocktail bar.